Ruby cherry plum trees

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• Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Flowering group: 1

Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.

Ruby cherry plum trees for sale

Ruby produces perhaps the largest fruit of any Cherry Plum. The flesh is dark red and has a peach-like flavour, and can be eaten fresh although like all mirabelles and cherry plums it is mainly used for cooking.

The fruits ripen towards the end of July in southern England. They are clingstone - the flesh sticks to the stone. However the very large size of the fruits means this is not really an issue for use in the kitchen.

Ruby grows with a very upright, almost columnar habit (it's tradename is Ruby COLUMNAR™ ) and is therefore a good choice if space is limited.

Hybrids between various plum species are quite common, and the large fruit size and red-flesh suggests that Ruby may have some relation to the popular Japanese plums.

How to grow

As well as the pollination partners mentioned above, Ruby will also cross-pollinate with most early-flowering Plum and Damson varieties.

The large fruit size and heavy cropping can cause the branches to break under the load, so we recommend thinning the crop or making sure the branches are supported.

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Ruby characteristics